Planning & Urban Development
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From  Patterns of Water UseFrom: Dry Run |
In this chapter, we look at where water comes from, how it is allocated among various uses and how much each individual uses. We’ll look briefly at water use in cities, homes and offices, … | Jerry Yudelson | 13 | 2010 | $1.30 Add |
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From  NEW! Pious IrrelevanciesFrom: Seven Days in Halifax |
In this chapter, Ashe describes the events of Day Four of Halifax’s 1970 "Encounter on Urban Environment," focusing on sessions discussing Nova Scotia’s arts and culture … | Robert Ashe | 9 | 2025 | $0.90 Add |
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From  Pipe DreamsFrom: No Place To Go |
The author details several creative, artistic ways various cities are acknowledging the need for accessible public toilets. | Lezlie Lowe | 15 | 2018 | $1.50 Add |
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From  NEW! Planning for Access. Planning for Change.From: Living Disability |
Sarah Manteuffel writes about her experiences creating more accessible communities as a community planner, and describes ways for more inclusive planning practices. | Sarah Manteuffel | 7 | 2024 | $0.70 Add |
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From  NEW! Planning for an Unplanned CityFrom: Messy Cities |
Jason Thorne argues for factoring in “messy urbanism” and its challenges into how we plan our cities and to move away from a more top-down approach to city-building. | Dylan Reid | 6 | 2025 | $0.60 Add |
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From  NEW! Planning Smart CitiesThe Dream of the Smart City From: Dream States |
The Dream of the Smart City: Part 3 explores planning smart cities. Topics discussed include transportation, census data, what is meant by urban ‘blight’, public and city … | John Lorinc | 15 | 2022 | $1.50 Add |
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From  Policies to Support Housing |
Housing conditions can have major impacts on physical and psychological health; as such, efforts to reduce social inequalities in health include fighting for access to decent housing. This … | Dominique Côté; Marie-France Raynault; Sébastien Chartrand | 6 | 2015 | $0.60 Add |
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From  Political Highs and LowsFrom: Charging Ahead |
This chapter looks at politics, evolutions in the energy industry, and Hydro-Quebec’s future. | Jean-Benoît Nadeau; Julie Barlow | 10 | 2019 | $1.00 Add |
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From  NEW! PrefaceFrom: The Spirit of Africville |
This chapter is a preface by Irvine Carvey, a descendant of Africville. He discusses the importance of remembering Africville and its residents, and their contributions to African Nova Scotian culture. | Irvine Carvey | 2 | 2026 | $0.20 Add |
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From  NEW! Preface |
An introduction to the structure and purpose of the book and author acknowledgements. | Joseph Lyons; Zachary Spicer | 4 | 2020 | $0.40 Add |
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From  PrefaceFrom: Ideology over Economics |
In this section the author outlines his background as well as providing a list of terms and initialisms that will be used throughout the rest of the text. | John Loxley | 9 | 2020 | $0.90 Add |
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From  Preface and AcronymsFrom: Caught in the Eye of the Storm: Urban Revitalization in Toronto's Lawrence Heights |
In this preface, Careless explains how neoliberal policies create barriers to tenant-led collectivist housing solutions in Toronto. | John Careless | 4 | 2024 | $0.40 Add |
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From NEW! Pretty DismalFrom: Seven Days in Halifax |
In this chapter, Ashe describes the events of Day Five of Halifax’s 1970 "Encounter on Urban Environment," on tourism and health policy. Both were found to be seriously deficient. | Robert Ashe | 8 | 2025 | $0.80 Add |
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From  NEW! Privatized Policymaking on Toronto’s WaterfrontFrom: Smart Cities in Canada: Digital Dreams, Corporate Designs |
Chapter 4 explores how smart cities projects allow private companies to shape municipal policies to suit their own interests as opposed to the interests of the population. | Natasha Tusikov | 15 | 2020 | $1.50 Add |
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From NEW! (Pseudo-) Participation in Smart City PlanningSidewalk Labs’ Fraught Toronto Foray From: Smart Cities in Canada: Digital Dreams, Corporate Designs |
Chapter 2 explores the factors that must be present for a smart cities project to be responsible and effective and then asses whether the Sidewalk Labs project in Toronto met any of these criteria. | Andrew Clement | 16 | 2020 | $1.60 Add |
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From NEW! Public Health in the Post-Covid EraFrom: Messy Cities |
Dr. Andrew Boozary writes about how the pandemic illustrated that public health and equity in Canada do not meet the standards many Canadians expect. | Dylan Reid | 4 | 2025 | $0.40 Add |
